Providing age-appropriate activities for youth in foster care: Policy implementation process in three states

Understanding support network capacity during the transition from foster care: Youth-identified barriers, facilitators, and enhancement strategies

“…Some youth said they would be interested in new kinds of activities to informally meet people with shared interests, including other youth in foster care, as this would address concerns about others understanding their circumstances. Further, youth who did feel supported in developing informal ties referenced participating in typical youth groups and activities, which has been recognized as a challenge in child welfare policy and practice; recent legislation promotes a sense of “normalcy” for youth in foster care (see Simmons-Horton, 2017, for related policy analysis) to support these young people in having typical teen social experiences.…”

A Systematic Review of Internet Communication Technology Use by Youth in Foster Care

“…All of the articles were observational cross-sectional descriptive studies. Methodologies of included studies included qualitative interviews (Fowles, 2018 ; Rueda et al, 2019 ; Sen, 2016 ), single case study design (Roche et al, 2015 ), survey research (Denby et al, 2016 ); focus groups (Denby et al, 2016 ; Rueda et al, 2019 ), and extended ethnographic observations (Williams-Peters, 2014 ; Wilson, 2016 ). One dissertation was included (Fowles, 2018 ), and all other papers appeared in peer-reviewed journals.…”

“…Sen ( 2016 ) reported that one participant described a negative experience that she did not want to talk about, in which she met up with someone who was actually “somebody else” (p. 1070). In the Rueda et al ( 2019 ) study of pregnant and parenting girls in residential treatment, quantitative surveys of the 59 young women indicated that 60% had experienced online dating violence, and 58% reported that they had perpetrated it.…”

“…In multiple studies, youth described people bothering them online. Sen ( 2016 ) said five of his six subjects reported that they either had first-hand experiences or knew about someone in their community of friends who experienced online bullying. For instance, “they say stuff that's not true about them and they make some rumour up about them and make web pages up about them (p. 1070).”…”

“…Some youth admitted the distracting nature of online messages that interrupted either school or sleep. “Nick described that his mobile's audible push alerts, when one of his online friends posted, could awaken him at night, but he decided not to change the settings” (Sen, 2016 , p. 1071). Sen ( 2016 ) also reported that interviews conducted with two former foster youth suggested potentially disruptive overuse of technology.…”